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Practical Use: Helps children estimate the cards size outdoors
If you suddenly say, I want 14 cases, theyre going to go: Calm down
About five years ago, those types of cards were much better since cubes were slower, but with many cubes adopting aggressive strategies and getting more efficient removal options, things like the Vindicate test (where you get an effect out of it if the creature dies at sorcery speed, so Consecrated Sphinx passes that test) hamper its effectiveness, but it does protect itself well if you are able to untap with it since you can turn just about any blue card into a counterspell or draw card
Its price has jumped around a lot in the last 12 monthsmost notably, it was worth $4,000 between March and July of 2024 (according to Collectr , which is one of the preferred apps for collectors to use now)
We don't recommend pointlessly dissecting your own creatures under most circumstances, but if you're just looking to sacrifice something, you have the right tools now